Latvian taxes

Changes in Latvian taxes from 2018

In 2018 several changes take place in Latvian tax system. Like anything new, the changes in the system will take time to get used to and will initially create more work for accountants. In this article, we bring out the most important changes. In quite many changes Latvia actually follows the lead of its neighbor…

Latvia´s changeover to the Euro

On July 9th this year the ECOFIN Council approved the Latvian participation in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) from January 1st 2014. The Bank of Latvia fixed the exchange rate at 0.702804 already in 2005, one lat being equivalent to €1.42. As of January 1st 2014, financial institutions and stock exchanges will convert electronic…